Bringing Home the Law: Getting Domestic Workers within the Ambit of Labour Law

Also read our other article on Bringing Domestic Workers within the Ambit of Labour Law by Shashank Sahay

§  Introduction:-

 Domestic workers carry out a range of household services, from providing care for children and elderly dependents to cleaning and household maintenance. In India, It is one of the largest sectors of work in urban areas and an important source of employment for women. These workers are many times deprived even a single day off in the entire month. Some domestic workers are live-in and may be made to

Laws related to Women Exploitation in India

This article is written by one of our authors  Shashank Sahay .

Child Labour in India

The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, bans employment of children less than 18 years in certain fields such as transport, railways, ports etc. Employment of children is also regulated under several legislations such as Factories Act, 1948, Mines Act, 1983, Apprentices Act, 1951. The cut off age is 14 in most of the cases. However, the penalizing provisions of these Acts scarcely touch the exploiters/violators of the law. Monitoring of the law is extremely poor. The Supreme Court judgments on child labour have done little to improve the situation. (Image taken from here.)

Similarly, the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, stipulates the